(Source: 暴走員工 Boom Go Employee | 123rf)
A Malaysian man took to the 暴走員工 Boom Go Employee Facebook page to share a ridiculous work situation that he once found himself in. His now former colleague from the same department had a crush on an HR girl who casually mentioned that a Marshall speaker would be perfect for her new place.
“So, my ex-colleague (from the same department) had his eyes on a girl from HR. It just so happened that during a lunch break shopping trip, she saw a Marshall speaker that she really liked.
HR girl: My new house is only missing this Marshall speaker, but it’s too expensive.
Colleague: Do you prefer white or black?
HR girl: The white one is really cute, but forget it, it’s too expensive and not worth it.
A week before her birthday, I suddenly received a message from my colleague.”
(Source: 暴走員工 Boom Go Employee)
His colleague was trying hard to impress his office crush but at the expense of others!
The colleague decided to surprise her with that very speaker for her birthday. Sweet idea if it was his own pay-out, but he did something eyebrow-raising instead. He began dragging others into the plan, including the original poster, who barely exchanged a greeting with the HR girl.
Just a week before her birthday, the colleague sent a message asking him to chip in for the RM2,100 gift total. That meant RM300 each, a chunk equivalent to nearly 2 weeks of the man’s food budget.
“Bro, RM300 was almost 2 weeks of my food budget, and you’re asking me to pool money so you can chase a girl???”, the man exclaimed.
The OP then explained to his colleague that he was not even friends with the HR girl and that she didn’t even wish him for his birthday. But the blindly-in-love colleague still did not budge from his decision.
“Me: Eh bro, I’m not even close to her. On my birthday she didn’t get me anything, not even a ‘happy birthday’.
Colleague: Didn’t HR make you a birthday poster?
Me: Come on, that’s given to everyone. It’s literally her job in the HR department.
Colleague: Don’t be so petty. She was probably busy and forgot.”
The next day, the OP got a call after work reminding him to transfer that money so the speaker purchase could go ahead. All he could think was “Why should I pay RM300 just so you can impress someone I do not even know?”
The OP was then hit with the classic line: “Whoa you’re not steady… it is only RM300.”
(Source: 暴走員工 Boom Go Employee)
Did the colleague and HR girl end up together?
If you’re wondering what happened to the “potential couple”, well… they never ended up together. She celebrated her birthday dinner with another guy instead, eventually resigned and joined another company. The next year, she got married, got pregnant, and moved on with life. As for his ex-colleague, the chap is still single, and still working at the same company.
The post blew up because many Malaysians felt the audacity was too real, asking others to fund a romantic gesture for a person with no mutual connection struck a raw nerve.
"If you don't have money then don't chase after girls... and on top of that, you're asking others for money"
"This perfectly illustrates what a simp is. In the end, after all the simping, you're left with nothing."
"I think the one asking to split the cost is the cheap one. If you want to pursue someone, give (the gift) yourself. What's the meaning of asking others to be the denominator?"
Looking back, the man can’t help but laugh at how wild the whole thing sounds. At the end of the day, this little drama is a friendly reminder that not every gesture needs a bank balance behind it and that personal feelings should not become public contributions.
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